Sunday, 28 April 2013

Surrender?: Lakers give away white towels before game four against Spurs

Surrender?: Lakers give away white towels before game four against Spurs, The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to stay in the NBA Playoffs when they face off with the San Antonio Spurs in a must-win game against the San Antonio Spurs on the evening of Sunday, April 28, 2013. Luckily, they'll be playing at home and they wanted fans in the Staples Center to get riled up so they gave each one a special treat upon entering the door. It's too bad that they gave each fan a white "surrender" flag.

The Lakers really didn't think this whole thing through.

Yahoo Sports revealed that the white towel giveaway does indeed match the white home uniforms the Lakers will wear for Sunday's possible elimination game. Surely, the team just didn't realize what they had done.

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The Lakers really don't need any more bad mojo. That's especially considering the Spurs trounced them by 31 points in game three in L.A.

The Cleveland Browns actually did a similar giveaway back in Nov. of last year. They gave away white towels to all fans, but quickly realized the error of their ways and called the whole thing off.

The 2013 NBA Playoffs have had a lot of things happen so far, and the first round isn't even over yet: